Revised Reporting Rules for Chemicals of High Concern to Children in Vermont

From August 15, 2019, the US state of Vermont will be enforcing new reporting rules relating to chemicals of high concern to children (CHCC).

(1888PressRelease) August 30, 2019 - The US state of Vermont has revised its disclosure program for chemicals of high concern to children (CHCC) in children’s products.

The revision contains several important changes to the reporting rules, including:
• Addition of twenty new CHCCs (see below)
• Establishing the process for adding and removing CHCCs from the list, and how a chemical may be prohibited for sale or distribution
• Reporting on or before August 31, 2020 will be for products offered for sale between September 1, 2018 and August 31, 2020
• Revising the reporting frequency from biennially to annually for submissions after August 31, 2020

Vermont signed the S.238 bill into law (Act 188 codified as V.S.A. Title 18: Chapter 38A ‘Chemicals of High Concern to Children’) in June 2014. It requires manufacturers of children’s products, or a trade association representing them, to report the presence of CHCCs to the Department of Health (DOH). Reporting is required if the CHCC is in an accessible component of a children’s product, and is either:
• Intentionally added and is greater than the practical quantification limit (PQL)
• A contaminant that is equal to or greater than 100 ppm

Stakeholders should be aware that the S.55 bill, signed into law on June 19, 2019, requires the inclusion of the brand, product model and universal code (UPC code), if available, in the CHCC reporting rule.

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